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More Reasons for Despair: Angels on Pinheads | 60 comments (60 topical, editorial, 0 hidden)

Re: More Reasons for Despair: Angels on Pinheads (4.00 / 6)

To say something positive about the original angels on pinheads debate, at least it did not go something like this:

How many angels can exist on the same pinhead?
Well, that depends on what commission I get for everytime the same space is sold.

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by A swedish kind of death on Thu Mar 5th, 2009 at 05:29:23 AM EST

Re: More Reasons for Despair: (4.00 / 3)

The Angel Regulatory Authority may have something to say about that...

"Any economic unit can emit money. The serious problem is to get it accepted" Hyman Minsky

by ChrisCook (cojockathotmaildotcom) on Thu Mar 5th, 2009 at 05:32:19 AM EST
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Re: More Reasons for Despair: (none / 0)

There is one? You know? There is a God?

notes from no w here

by Frank Schnittger (mail Frankschnittger at hot dotty communists) on Thu Mar 5th, 2009 at 12:02:36 PM EST
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Re: More Reasons for Despair: Angels on Pinheads (none / 1)

It also depends on whether the autoregressive process for the number of angels has a unit root.

Most economists teach a theoretical framework that has been shown to be fundamentally useless. -- James K. Galbraith

by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Thu Mar 5th, 2009 at 05:34:56 AM EST
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Re: More Reasons for Despair: (none / 1)

I think I must be an autoprogressive, then

"Any economic unit can emit money. The serious problem is to get it accepted" Hyman Minsky

by ChrisCook (cojockathotmaildotcom) on Thu Mar 5th, 2009 at 05:41:18 AM EST
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Re: More Reasons for Despair: (4.00 / 2)

I'm wondering whether "Autoprogressive" might not be a good name for "moving average".

Most economists teach a theoretical framework that has been shown to be fundamentally useless. -- James K. Galbraith

by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Thu Mar 5th, 2009 at 05:42:29 AM EST
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An autoprogressive (4.00 / 4)

is a latte liberal driving a Toyota Prius.

by Magnifico on Thu Mar 5th, 2009 at 05:49:21 AM EST
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Re: An autoprogressive (4.00 / 6)

A neocon must be an autoregressive, then?

"Any economic unit can emit money. The serious problem is to get it accepted" Hyman Minsky

by ChrisCook (cojockathotmaildotcom) on Thu Mar 5th, 2009 at 05:51:41 AM EST
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Re: An autoprogressive (none / 1)

A hummer which has just run out of gas and is maintaining momentum solely because of the flatulence and blubber of its designated driver.

by ThatBritGuy (thatbritguy (at) googlemail.com) on Thu Mar 5th, 2009 at 10:01:02 AM EST
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Re: An autoprogressive (none / 0)

I think you are confusing this with autoerotic

notes from no w here

by Frank Schnittger (mail Frankschnittger at hot dotty communists) on Thu Mar 5th, 2009 at 12:03:55 PM EST
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